The importance of clinical measures of adiposity (such as body-mass index [BMI], waist circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio) in calculating cardiovascular risk remains controversial. For example, both the World Health Organisation and the United States National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute recommend assessment of BMI, however several common cardiovascular disease risk scores (e.g. PROCAM) omit adiposity […]
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Adolescent BMI predicts future cardiovascular risk
The emerging pandemic of obesity is threatening to reverse the gains in cardiovascular mortality and morbidity that have occurred during the latter half of the 20th century. While adult obesity is clearly related to cardiovascular risk the association of body-mass index (BMI) in adolescence to future adult cardiovascular disease has not been completely delineated. […]